BMW 320 is a car that has a 2 door saloon (sedan) type body designed by Paul Bracq with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The BMW 320 is one of the E21 range of cars from BMW.
Powering the BMW 320 is a single overhead camshaft, 2 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 120 bhp (122 PS/89 kW) at 6000 rpm and 160 N·m (118 lb·ft/16.3 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels compliments of an automatic transmission.
Stated kerb weight is 1130 kg.
Its maximum speed quoted is 176 km/h, which is 109 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | Paul Bracq | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2563 mm | 100.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1384 mm | 54.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Length | 4355 mm | 171.5 inches | |
| Width | 1610 mm | 63.4 inches | |
| Height | 1380 mm | 54.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1130 kg | 2491 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 58 litres | 12.8 [15.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2 litre 1991 cc (121.498 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 80 × 66 mm
3.15 × 2.6 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.21 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (Net) |
122 PS (120 bhp) (89 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (Net) |
160 Nm (118 ft·lb) (16.3 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (Net) |
44.9 kW/litre 61.1 ps/litre 60.3 bhp/litre 0.99 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (Net) |
80.36 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Solex 4 A 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1009.9 kPa (146.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 7 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 331.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 13.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 35.1 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 176 km/h (109 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 107.67 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 PS/kg 79.19 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 106.19 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.63 kg/kW 21.09 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.STA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5½J x 13 H2 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½J x 13 H2 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/70 R 13 84H | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/70 R 13 84H | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 255 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 250 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | 3.64 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 319253 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | E21 | ||
| RAC rating | 23.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1977 BMW 320 Automatic added 2013-03-01. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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